Our Project

The Agribusiness and Trade Promotion (ATP) project is a four-year initiative (April 2008 — September 2012) funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Its primary objective is to increase intra-regional agricultural trade in West Africa — thus contributing to the 6 percent annual agricultural growth target set under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) of the African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AU-NEPAD).
 
There is an enormous potential for increased intra-regional agricultural trade in West Africa.  ATP is designed to capture some of this potential, on the premise that a free-flowing and expanding intra-regional trade in local foodstuffs is critical to the region’s agricultural growth, economic integration, and food security.  

ATP’s sister project, the Expanded Agribusiness and Trade Promotion (E-ATP) expands on the requirements of the ongoing ATP program, and also contributes to achieving the 6 percent agricultural growth target set under the CAADP of the AU-NEPAD. E-ATP will be implemented from July 2009 – October 2012.

E-ATP’s primary objective is to increase the value and volume of intra-regional agricultural trade in staple food products in West Africa in support of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) and the ECOWAP Investment Plan, with a special focus on facilitating the trade in staple foods from surplus to deficit areas.

See also Approach/Outcomes and Objectives/Activities